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-ola
- a formative of no precise significance found in a variety of commercial coinages ( Crayola; granola; Victrola ) and jocular variations of words ( crapola ).
- a suffix extracted from payola, used in coinages that have the general sense “bribery, especially covert payments to an entertainment figure in return for promoting a product, making an appearance, etc.” ( playola; plugola ).
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The 17-year old Ola lives in Poland with her nagging mother and a brother who, because of his disabilities, needs hands-on care.
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Their father left to work in Ireland a while ago, but he promised to buy Ola a car as soon as she learns how to drive.
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When “I Never Cry” opens, Ola has just failed the driving test for the fourth time.
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They can’t have a funeral unless his body is brought back to Poland — a process that involves various expenses and paperwork, for which Ola’s mother dispatches her barely-adult daughter alone to Dublin.
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Everyone tells Ola off for smoking cigarettes, but can anyone blame her?
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